Briess Malt and Ingredient Co.
With more than 20 years’ experience in the craft brewing segment, David Richter, a division manager for Briess Malt & Ingredients Company, is very passionate about everything beer. Like a lot of commercial brewers, he took his early homebrew experience from the mid-1980s and parlayed it into a job, in David’s case with the Hops Brewhouse & Grill group in the early 1990s. Starting as head brewer of two locations, David helped the business grow to 75 breweries across the U.S. as director of brewing and beverage, supporting 45 staff brewers and winning medals at World Beer Cup® and Great American Beer Festival®. He has done brew course work at both Siebel Institute of Technology and UC Davis (Institute and Guild of Brewing).